Toy



Jan. 13, 1942.

G. MERLE Filed May 6, 1940 INVENTOR Patented Jan. 13, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TOY George Merle, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ap l cation May 6, 1940, Serial No. 333,541

'1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in toys and more specifically to a hand operated disc in conjunction with a strand of elastic material attached to a ball.

The objects of the improvement are, first, to provide a disc that may be oval, round and the like in form, and may be composed of wood, hard rubber, Bakelite, fiber and the like; second, to securely mount on theface of the disc a plurality of elastic woven fabric ribbons made partly of India rubb'er, or equivalent means, forming openings for supporting the disc on the hand and fingers of the operator; third, to provide a disc with a countersunk opening, a strand of elasticrmaterial looped and mounted on the finger and passed through the countersunk opening, the free end of the elastic strand securely mounted in a ball, and the countersunk portion of the opening in the disc is provided so as to avoid the breaking of the elastic strand at that point when the toy is in operation; fourth, by eliminating the elastic strand and ball, the disc may be useful as a bat in the game of table tennis and all other games wherein this detachable hand mounted disc may be applicable.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved t y;

Figure 2 is a cross section on line 22 of Figure 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the construction shown, I employ a disc I, preferably composed of wood, hard rubber, Bakelite and the like, the disc is shown oval in form although any other form may be suitable; 2 is an opening in th disc, 3 is the countersunk portion of the opening 2 in the disc, 4 is an elastic woven fabric ribbon securely mounted on the face of the disc with staples 4a, 4b, 4c. 5 is an elastic woven fabric ribbon securely mounted on the face of the disc with staples 5a; 6 is a strand of elastic material and 6a is the looped end of the elastic strand 6; l is a ball securely mounted on the free end of the elastic strand 6.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patout, is:

A toy of the class described comprising a disc having a countersunk opening, a plurality of ribbons securely mounted on the face of the disc, the ribbons so mounted so as to provide openings for the hand and fingers, a strand of elastic material passed through the countersunk opening in the disc, one end of the elastic strand being looped and detachably mounted on the finger of the hand of the operator of the disc and the free end of the elastic strand securely mounted in a ball.

GEORGE MERLE. 

